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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Hello sweet Great Impressions friends! Welcome back for more inspiration from Great Impressions store. It is the last Saturday, and our challenge is over for this month, but never fear! Our next challenge starts TOMORROW!! Here is a little inspiration to get you going!

I just love these papers I used for this card. The DP is from DCWV and is called Fashion District. The burlap is also from DCWV. I hope you would like to hear more about this card. If so, take a hop over to my blog and check it out!Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions. Be sure to check out the current monthly challenge and don’t forget to link your GI creations at our CUSTOMER GALLERY!One last thing, be sure to “Like” Great Impressions on FACEBOOK and I’ll see you again next Saturday!Hugs!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Hi peeps, today I am going to share a "quickie" tag. I was thinking about crafting this holiday weekend and wanted to go to my studio but I didn't want to spend too long away from our 80 degree weather.

I decided to create a book tag/bookmark. The stamps I used are called Special Moments E495 and Rooster Weathervane F422. I used black ink on kraft paper and selected small sections to color. I added a ribbon and was good to go. Hope you have a fab week and don't forget to stop by the Great Impressions Pinterest and Facebook pages for more inspiration and join in on the fun.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Hello! Well, I can't believe this is my last week for my guest design spot for Great Impressions. It's been wonderful working with their stamps and I'm sad this is my last post. But I really love how this card came out so let me show it to you!

I had so much fun pulling all my elements together for this card! I started by stamping all my flower pieces on white cardstock and coloring them with Copics. The large rose and little yellow flowers come from the Flower Bouquet (J110) set. My other roses are the single Rose Bud (A146)stamp stamped and colored several times and then all trimmed out. I die cut various leaves and stacked my sentiment banners to create a sweet greeting using Tags (G483). For my finishing touches I used a fine tip black pen and ruler to create my frame, added a light blue wash using watercolors and a sprinkling of sequins. I do hope you enjoy this card and thank you to Deone for inviting me to be this month's guest designer. I enjoyed it so much! Have a wonderful day :)

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Hello sweet Great Impressions friends! Welcome back for more inspiration from Great Impressions. This is Ellen from In a World of Craft with some inspiration for the fourth Saturday of May. There is still time for you to join in with our challenge since there is another whole week left in the month! Here is a little inspiration to get you going!

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Hi ya peeps! I had a nice weekend relaxing but am ready to get back to work this week.

Today I have a cute little card to share....

I just love this stamp! I have a "thing" for bicycles and this one fits the bill. The stamp is called Bicycle with Flowers G418. I stamped on kraft paper with light brown ink then colored it up using Prismacolor Pencils. I added 3 different types of ribbon and a snappy sentiment for a little dimension.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Hello! I am back with another card using some Great Impressions stamps. Today I have a pretty birthday card to share!

For my main image I chose to use the very pretty Bird in Roses (F517). I colored the image with Copics on a fancy frame. For the matting beneath my bird image I flanked each side using the Queen Ann Lace (E807)image in light blue. My sentiment comes from the Tags (G483)set that I trimmed out. I added some sewing machine stitching, leaves and rolled roses with the final touch of some pearls. I hope you like it! Have a wonderful day!

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Hello sweet Great Impressions friends! Welcome back for more inspiration from Great Impressions. This is Ellen again and it is the third Saturday in May so there is still time for you to join in with our challenge! Here is a little inspiration to get you going:

This is a very simple card to make. I just stamped the flowers and, since the sentiment is bigger than what I needed for this card, I masked the bottom and just used the top part. I colored the image with Copics, cut the panel to the size I wanted and mounted on blue card stock. I then dry embossed some white card stock and mounted on more of the blue. I adhered all of the pieces to a white card blank.Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions. Be sure to check out the current monthly challenge and don’t forget to link your GI creations at our CUSTOMER GALLERY!One last thing, be sure to “Like” Great Impressions on FACEBOOK and I’ll see you again next Saturday!Hugs!

Friday, May 16, 2014

This time I used white to set off the scene. This really highlights Serena who was colored with colored pencils and then heavily Stickled. The mat beneath the scene is made with a bubble embossing folder then I added color with pencils and distress ink and each of the bubbles has been filled in with Crystal Stickles. To make sure that my mermaid was the central focus I added gold Stickle frames to her scene and the first mat. Finally for the finishing touch some punched sea horses were added to bring in more dimension.

I just LOVE this beautiful new image--tulips are my absolute favorite flowers and I think the sheer variety of this species is amazing! I wanted more interest to the image, so I used some specialty paper with texture and shine and I LOVE this!

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The stamp I used is called Herbs G307. I stamped the image on cardstock with a light brown ink then colored the image with Prismacolor pencils. I distressed the edges then added my embellies. I love this stamp & there are many more to choose from in the store.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Hi, friends! It's Mynn here to introduce you to the designer we are having as a guest here at Great Impressions for the month of May! It's the very talented Leah Cornelius of Paper Blossoms! We are so excited to have her, you've seen one of her cards last week for our monthly challenge, and she's back again today! Let's see what she's got for us, shall we?

Hello! I'm excited to share some more Great Impressions projects with you today! First up I have a simple but elegant set of note cards to share with you.

I started by cutting mats using a Spellbinders die and stamping the beautiful Butterfly Frame (H226)in Memento ink so I could color each one with Copics. I changed up the colors for each one and for my sentiments I used the Tags (G483) set and selectively inked just the sentiment leaving off the banner outline.

I didn't want to add lots of embellishing so I dry embossed the card base, added some distress ink to the frames and now have a pretty set of cards ready to give away.

For my next project I inked up the adorable Teddy With Flowers (F554)and made a tag set. I colored these with Copics and again used the Tags (G483)set for my sentiments. Wouldn't these look sweet on a gift? I hope you've enjoyed my projects today! Have a beautiful, creative day!

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Hello sweet Great Impressions friends! This is Ellen from In a World of Craft with a bit of inspiration from the Great Impressions store. Today is the second Saturday in May so you have plenty of time to join in with our current challenge. Here is a little inspiration to get you going!

I love this sweet little girl image and had so much fun coloring her with my Copics. This is another card that will go to Operation Write Home, so I could see a soldier sending this home to a little girl. What do you think? The butterfly is a little plastic embellishment from my old stash. I don’t remember where it came from.

To begin to create this scene I stamped H182 Rachel in the Sea first onto my plain white card stock. Next I stamped her again on a post-it note and used that as a mask. Next I stamped H181 Seaweed over and partially beside her. The post-it note allowed the seaweed to look like it was growing behind my mermaid and for her hair to appear to be floating in with it. Leaving the mask in place, I next stamped E588 Seaside Shells across the bottom of the scene and over the mermaid. The last thing I stamped was E649 A School of Fish twice going off the edge of the paper.

I colored my scene using colored pencils and a Gamsol blending technique then die cut it and die cut a frame in metallic copper paper to mount it on. I finished off the scene by distressing the edges in blue ink and then added lots of different colored Stickles.

After finishing the main portion of the card, I was trying to decide what to mat it with and decided that the best thing would be to create more ocean background so I stamped more E649 School of Fish all over my mat and then H181 Seaweed and colored those as well. I think it gives the card a finished look and I love how the ocean seems to continue around the focal image.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Hi, friends! It's Mynn here again and today I've got a fun and simple card using a beautiful new image and sentiment combo from the Great Impressions storePLUS a video tutorial on how to create a shaped easel card! Come and take a peek!